Recommendation on Stock Assessment Schedule
Technical Committee Reports and Summaries
Detailed analyses and recommendations from technical committees, including working groups, sub-committees, plan development teams, and plan review teams, on specific scientific and management issues related to fisheries.
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The 2023 Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment determined that the abundance of three of four Jonah crab stocks (Offshore Southern New England or OSNE, Inshore Gulf of Maine or IGOM, and Offshore Gulf of Maine or OGOM) has not been depleted to historical lows observed in the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) met via webinar on November 13, 2024 to address the tasking from the Striped Bass Management Board’s October 2024 meeting. The Board requested these tasks to inform consideration of 2025 management measures to be discussed at a special Board meeting in December 2024.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) and Ecological Reference Point Workgroup (ERP) met in Arlington, Virginia, and via webinar to discuss a re-analysis of the historic tagging data that resulted in a different estimate of natural mortality and model development of the single-species Beaufort Assessment Model (BAM) and suite of ERP models.
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In August 2024, the Board tasked the Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) with calculations to determine how decreasing recreational release mortality could contribute to any potential reduction needed to achieve rebuilding. Part of this tasking required the TC to identify a method for estimating the reduction in live releases associated with no-targeting closures. The TC met in September and October 2024 to address these tasks.
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The Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) met via webinar on October 2, 2024 to review the 2024 Stock Assessment Update Report, discuss the projection scenarios, and discuss options and considerations for potential management response. This memorandum summarizes TC-SAS discussion on the likelihood of the different projection scenarios and considerations for management.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Lobster Technical Committee (TC) was tasked by the American Lobster Management Board (Board) at the Commission’s 2024 Winter Meeting to compile information on the lobster resource and fishery in and around the Northern Edge of Georges Bank. This task is in response to a potential action at the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) that is considering allowing scallop fishery access on the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to a currently closed Habitat Management Area.
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